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Tarquinia (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 45 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient site located adjacent to the modern town of Tarquinia. Legendary founder was Tarchon (Strabo: Geography V); reputedly the oldest Etruscan city in Italy; noted as earliest settlement in Etruria of the Villanovans; came under Rome probably by late 4th century BCE; gained Roman citizenship in 90 BCE; ancient site was abandoned in 8th or 9th century CE, when modern Corneto (since 1922 known as Tarquinia too) was founded nearby; named part of an UNESCO World Heritage site with Banditaccia. |
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| Tarquinia (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name of ancient settlement |
| Tarchna (H,V)
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............ | Etruscan variant name |
| Tarchuna (H,V)
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............ | Etruscan variant name |
| Tárchuna (H,V)
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............ | Etruscan variant name |
| Tarkunia (H,O)
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............ | Greek name |
| Tarquinii (H,V,S)
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............ | Roman name |
| Tarxna (H,V)
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............ | Etruscan name |
| Tarxuna (H,V)
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| Turchinal (H,V)
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| Tarquinian (C,V)
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Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Tarquinia (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Etruria (former group of nations/states/cities) (P) |
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Tarquinia (deserted settlement) (P,H) flourished 7th-3rd centuries BCE |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was site of several small, dispersed Iron Age settlements; settlements grew together & site became an ancient Etruscan city |
| archaeological site (C) |
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especially noted for painted tombs & artifacts associated with burials; excavations here were first documented in 1489 |
| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 2004 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| necropolis (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Graviscae .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Lazio, Viterbo province) [6002336] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Tarquinia .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Italy, Lazio, Viterbo province) [7024305] |
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